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Flare-ups are not clean or linear. They do not announce themselves politely or follow a predictable pattern. They arrive quietly or suddenly, and once they are here, everything else has to move aside. Living with ME CFS has taught me that flare-ups are not something to push through or power past....


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Things Chronically Ill People Do Just To Function

Nicole Pedra’s video popped up on my Facebook feed the other day. One of those moments where you stop scrolling without even realising you’ve stopped. I watched it once, then again, nodding along. It felt like my body was responding before my brain had time to catch up. I followed her straight away.

It w...


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Let’s get rid of two dangerous myths that harm children far more than they help: the idea that love alone can erase trauma, and the belief that because a child is young, they will naturally grow out of it or are too young to remember. Neither of these is true. They are trauma myths adults tell thems...


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I never planned to become someone who could explain ME CFS in detail. Like most people, I assumed chronic fatigue was just being tired all the time. I thought rest fixed things. I thought pushing through was the answer. I thought doctors would have clear solutions.

ME CFS taught me...


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Your Child Acts Out Because They Trust You

That sentence took me years to understand, and even longer to believe. At first, it sounded like something people say to soften the blow, a well-meaning cliche designed to make parents feel better when they are standing in the wreckage of ye...


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